Supporting bracket for window drapery rods



May 20, 1924.

H. o. WOLFF surroawms BRACKET FOR wmnow D' APERY RODS 1 l I l y I I I 1 I I I I I I 0v Maw {flaw/y .0 Mali] Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITED STATES HARRY'O. 'woLrF, or CHICAGO, ILLrNo'rs.

SUPPORTING BRACIIKET roe WINDOW DRAPERY nons.

Application filed December 9,1922. Serial No.3 605,824.

T 0 all whom it may oonoem:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. WOLFE, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State-of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Supporting Bracket for Window Drapery Rods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that type of brackets employed for detachably supporting horizontally disposed supporting rods for lacecurtains and other draperies for windows w The invention has for one of its objects the provision of brackets of such construction as to afford mearisfor supporting the ends of at leastonerod, in such a manner thatthe loop at the upper end of the drapery, slidably. carriedby said rod, can he slid upon the'bracket until the vertical edge of the said drapery meetsor approaches closely the wall of'the window casing, thereby excluding light, concealing the bracket and presenting a more pleasing appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket for accomplishing the above named result without the necessity of forming a 'hole in the side'of the loop of the drapery for the reception of a portion of the bracket, and withoutthe necessity of employing clamping or retaining means for maintaining the loop in its bracket concealing or light excluding position. i

A further object is to furnish a bracket for the support of one or more rods in such a way that said rod'or rods may have slight I longitudinal'movement without displacement-and so that, when more than one rod is employed, they maybe maintained in spaced relation'to one another.

Still another object is the provision of recesses or rod-seats-in the bracket of such construction as to cause the rods to automatically seat themselve s and to be main-- tained therein against accidental upward movement anddislocation. T A still further object is the provision of a bracket which can be made of a single piece and by a stamping process, thereby affording great economy in its "production.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and'describ'ed, and more particularly pointed out in'theblaims.

F 'In the"; accompanying drawing; which serves] to illustrate an embodiment-0f the invention, I i

Fig. 1 is a planview: partly in'section-and partly in elevation of a window casing. or similar support, showing brackets embodying the invention horizontally mounted thereon and supporting aplurality of drapery rods, the draperies being indicated by dotted lines. Theview is shown as shortened for the-convenience. ofillustration. 5

- Fig. 2 is' a detached p erspectiveyiew' of a bracket embodying the invention, and i Fig. 3 is a face view of a single piece 0' metal out of" which the bracket may be formed. 1

Corresponding numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawing. 1'

The window casing or vertical support for the brackets is indicated by'the numeral 5 and has secured theretol'in a horizontal plane and in suitable spaced relationto each other, a pair of brackets, each of which is generally designatedby' the numerals 6 in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

In the present instance, each-of the brackets 6 is shown as being made of a single elongated piece of sheet metal, which is provided between its ends and on each edge thereof with a transversely extended apertured "portion 7, which portions provide or form the securing part of the bracket and as is evident by reference to Fig. 1, may be secured 'to the support 5 by "means of screws 8 or similar fastening devices eX- tended through the openings 9 of the por tions 7 to the inner face of the support 5 or window casing.

By reference to Fig. 3, 'it will he seen that the transversely disposed portions? are'located in alignment with one another and are so disposedywith reference to the elongated body of the bracket as to be nearer one end thereof than the Lotherend. The body 10 is bent at right'angles ori'the dotted lines 11 and 12, seeFig. 3, andthereby forms the parallel arms 13' and" 14; respec tively of the bracket. The arm 14 is considerably longer than the arm '13 and has a lateral'extensio'n 15 at itsend furthest; from"'the securing plate or portions? of the bracket. The extension 15 of each'of the brackets 6 i is extended "inwardly and as shown,- at some distance from the free end" of the airml3 of the "bracket; This in -1' jection 16 is mounted.

ward extension 15 is provided at its free end with a projection 16 extended substantially in parallelism with the arms 13 and 14L but inwardly of the first named arm. The upper surface of the. projection .16 is provided with a downwardly curved depression or rod seat 17, and said projection is of less width than the extension 15, as is clearly shown in :Figs. 2 and '8 of the drawings.

The arm .13 of each bracket" is provided with one or more rod seats or recesses 18, which recesses open through the upper edge of the arm. 13 and have their walls or edges adjacent the support 5'inclined downward ly and outwardly from said support. From the downwardly inc-lined portion of the said walls oredges of the recesses 18 the outward portion of the walls or edgesIof said recessesare inclined upwardly and outwardly and then inwardly, or towards thesupport 5 producing an overhanging portion 19 for each recess. By this construction it is manifest that when a ,rod is placed in the open or upper end of one of the recesses, its weight and that of the drapery which the rod Ycarries, will cause the rod to automatically seat itself in the lower portion of one of the recesses 18 where it will be overhung by one of the portions 19 in such a way as to prevent accidental upward dislocation of the rod, but so that said rod can be readily removed through the open end of the re cess.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing', it will be seen that the projection 16 of each of the brackets is located at a distance to one side of the free end of the arm 13 of the bracket on which the pro- This arrangement permits of the loop 20 at the upper end of' :the drapery, which loop is slidably .mountedon one of the supporting rods 21,

.to he slid over-the projection 16, extension 15, and arm 14 of the bracket, until the vertical edge of the drapery mounted on the outermost rod 21, meets or closely approaches the walls of the window casing 5 or vertical support for the brackets, and that thus the bracket will be concealed and the passage of light between the drapery on the arm 14 of the bracket prevented.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing I have shown three rods 21 as beingsupported on a pair of brackets 6, the innermost one of which rods may have mounted thereon in the usual manner a lace curtain or other suitable drapery, and the outermost rod 21 may have mounted thereon for sliding movement the loop20 of a valance, while the intermedi ate rod may support what is commonly called -side drapes. The drapery for each rod is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1

1 9 drawings, and the numeral 20 flde signates the loop at the upper end of each piece of drapery through which the rods are extended. As the arm 13 of each bracket is located parallel with the arm 14 of its bracket .and at a distance from the latter arm, it is manifest that the rods 21 may be moved longitudinally in either direction for a slight distance only to permit of adjustment or placingon said rod the desired drapery without accidental dislocation of the rod.

In order to form the extension 15 at' the outer end of the arm '14:, the body 10 may bebent on the dotted line 22 so as'to assume and maintain a right angled position to said arm, and it is obvious that the part of the body 10 forming the projection 16, can be bent inwardly on the dotted line 23 of Fig. 3 so as to. assume and maintain the position shown in Figs. 1 and" 2 of the drawing for the support of the outermost rod when more than one rod is employed, or for a single rodifonlyone rod is used.

While I have'shown and above described the bracket as being formed of a single piece of material, and while I prefer to so construct it on account of the cheapness of manufacture and stability of the device after being formed into shape, yet it is obvious that the sides or arms 13' and 14:

may be made of separate pieces and secured one of the long sides terminating short of one of the short sides andthe short side adjacent the free end of the last named long side having a projection for the sup-- port of a rod, said projection extended towards the other short side but out of alignment with the shorter long side and free end of said terminating short of the short side.

2. A substantially rectangular :braoket having two long sides and two short sides, oneof the long sides terminating short of one of the short sides and having a recess adapted to support the end of a rod, and the short side adjacent the free end of the last'named long side having a projection for the support of another rod.

3. A substantially rectangular bracket having two long sides and two short side's, one of the long sides terminating short of one of the short sides and provided with at least one recess for the support of the end ofarod, and the short sideadjacent the free end of the last named long side having a projection for the support of another rod, said projection being directed towards the other short side of the bracket.

4. A substantially rectangular bracket having two long sides and two short sides, one of the long sides terminating short of one of the short sides and being provided in its upper edge With at least one clownwardly and outwardly inclined recess ha-ving an overhanging part and the short side adjacent the free end of the last named long side having a projection for the support of a rod.

5. A bracket comprising an elongated HARRY o. WOLFE 

